Dell Data Protection Advisor vs Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) comparison

Dell Data Protection Advisor and Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) are both solutions in the Backup and Recovery category. Dell Data Protection Advisor is ranked #34 with an average rating of 8.5, while Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is ranked #22 with an average rating of 8.0. Dell Data Protection Advisor holds a 0.4% mindshare in BRS, compared to Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)’s 0.6% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Dell Data Protection Advisor users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) users who would recommend it.

Dell Data Protection Advisor

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90% willing to recommend

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 11, 2024

Dell Data Protection Advisor and Dell PowerProtect DP are leading solutions in data protection. Dell PowerProtect DP emerges as the superior product for many users due to its comprehensive features, better deployment experience, and overall satisfaction.

Features: Dell Data Protection Advisor robust reporting customizable policies intuitive user interface. Dell PowerProtect DP all-in-one data protection functionality ease of integration automation capabilities.

Room for Improvement: Dell Data Protection Advisor performance scalability user interface. Dell PowerProtect DP support minor bugs customization options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell Data Protection Advisor straightforward deployment concerns about scalability and flexibility. Dell PowerProtect DP quick simpler deployment better support services expected.

Pricing and ROI: Dell Data Protection Advisor cost-effective good ROI significant setup costs. Dell PowerProtect DP higher investment justified by features favorable ROI.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Dell Data Protection Advisor

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

34th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)

Ranking in Backup and Recovery

22nd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Backup and Recovery category, the mindshare of Dell Data Protection Advisor is 0.4%, down from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) is 0.6%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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AnkurGupta1

Lead Consultan at HCL Technologies

Offers seamless integration with robust data privacy features

I am currently working with other companies on data center solutions. In our data center, we work with HP, Dell, and Nutanix on data center build-up and migrations. I work with Dell Data Protection Advisor for cloud, though not extensively, and we provided that solution to one customer and are awaiting their approval. I am a reseller and service provider. We implemented Dell Data Protection Advisor for data privacy, and another team handles data protection and related issues. I did not work extensively on specific features, so nothing particularly stands out. From my reseller and end customer perspective, I would rate Dell Data Protection Advisor an eight out of ten as it is a good solution.

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SamuelThomas

Consultant at Key Information Technology L.L.C.

Ensures data safety and effective cloud integration with AI-powered protection

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) offers a backup, recovery, and management tool that is very easy to use. It provides a flexible protection suite that accommodates scalability and performance needs. Integration with VMware and multi-cloud protection is effective. AI integration enhances backup operations by analyzing data and ensuring malware protection. Customers also benefit from hybrid cloud options and tiers of backup.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"This is a stable solution."

"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the compression and the duplication."

"I can increase the tool's licensing as per my requirement with no conditions applied."

"It generates very detailed reports, which makes things easier when it comes to IT auditing."

"It has a lot of stock reports. I believe over 300 canned reports, which for the most part meet a lot of generic needs."

"The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention."

"The solution is easy to use, flexible and has a lot of out-of-the-box functionality. You can configure the dashboards or you can use a script. However, to fully utilize its capabilities you will want to use a lot of scripts which you will need advanced training. The reports can be customized for many things, such as chargeback billing."

"The initial setup is very straightforward. Deployment typically takes about one hour. You just need one person to handle the deployment process."

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"Dell PowerProtect is stable and scalable."

"Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) offers a backup, recovery, and management tool that is very easy to use."

"It backs up our Windows systems and our Linux systems and everything."

"We use it for complete backup and recovery. We have multiple clients and have created multiple large virtual capabilities and zoning backlogs."

"The product is integrated with Huawei software and its backup and recovery time is very fast."

"The product is easy to troubleshoot and store data."

"It is very simple to perform an upgrade of the system and the environment."

"What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance."

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Cons

"The stability of the solution needs improvement for stand alone users."

"They should empower their customers with the ability to upgrade this solution as long as it's in the same major release."

"Customization of reports or creating new reports can be difficult. Users need to have a deep knowledge of SQL. 70-80% of customers can't seem to understand how to do it. They don't know how to address reporting. If Dell EMC could simplify it, it would benefit the end-user."

"We have encountered issues where we were unable to pull data from the database server. It should also improve the backward compatibility."

"It is difficult to manage the solution with the available tools. You need to know exactly what are you are doing."

"It's a bit difficult for first-time users."

"The solution requires more integration with our other solutions. I know that they have full integration with VMware because it is also from EMC. However, we have to have better integration with Microsoft and Nutanix as well."

"There is a steep learning curve to use the interface and to create new reports, this could be made easier. If the solution could provide more drag and drop functionality to build more advanced reports that would be very helpful."

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"The price could be lowered slightly, to make it more competitive."

"Managing the product is a little bit complicated."

"There is room for improvement in terms of network connectivity."

"I would like to see integration with Dell EMC's Cloud Tier."

"We would like to see the pricing drop a bit."

"The product's index master feature needs improvement."

"After resizing and compression, the system continuously runs out of space. Dell EMC doesn't do automatic cleanup or other things, so we constantly have to manually go in there or work with Dell support on this. The solution has not been working as advertised."

"The two-factor authentication is missing from Dell products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You have to procure the license when you are ordering or quoting for Dell Data Protection Suite (DPS). DPS is bundled with the suite and comes with a license. However, if you purchase NetWorker separately then you will have to procure the license for DPS separately."

"The product is affordable."

"It's not very expensive — I think the price is fair."

"You need to make an upfront payment for three, five, or seven years and renew the licenses for support. We can do an annual maintenance contract with Dell. I would rate the product's pricing a six out of ten."

"For pricing, I would rate Dell 2 out of 5. It's affordable."

"The product pricing has been satisfactory, particularly with the economy of scale in our agreement."

"If the customer has huge lineup of Dell Products then they receive discount on the pricing."

"We have a perpetual license. It is a capacity-based license."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"I would rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten."

"The licensing is billed on a monthly basis. Dell is bundled so that when you order IDPA, you get everything together with the license."

"Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) has a yearly subscription fee."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The platform's most valuable features are data protection and retention.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell Data Protection Advisor?

The product is satisfactory regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing.

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What needs improvement with Dell Data Protection Advisor?

From a service perspective, improvements are needed at Dell because when customers call, it takes a long time to get a response for calls or emails. Response time is the main problem that needs add...

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What do you like most about Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

What I find valuable about Dell PowerProtect IDPA is its stability and strong performance.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

Pricing is competitive with other software vendors. The product's features, network, and VMware integration contribute to its value. There are different licensing options available, such as applian...

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA)?

Dell PowerProtect DP (IDPA) requires more updates and innovations in AI-powered cyber resilience. While technical support is generally not poor, there are challenges with expertise in Linux-based c...

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Also Known As

DPA

Dell EMC IDPA, Dell IDPA, EMC IDPA

Overview

Effectively managing your data protection environment can be labor intensive and complex. It requires knowledge of backup applications, replication technologies, and the entire supporting infrastructure, yet it is critical in keeping your data secure.

With Dell Data Protection Advisor, you can automate and centralize the collection, monitoring and reporting of this data and get a single, comprehensive view of your environment, no matter where your data resides. This includes monitoring data on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

With clear visibility, you can gain actionable insight and effectively manage service levels while reducing costs and complexity. You can also collect and report on that data to help other stakeholders make the best decisions for your organization.

Data Protection Advisor is available as part of Dell Data Protection Suite.

Dell Technologies

The PowerProtect DP series appliances is the integrated appliance solution from the Dell data protection appliances portfolio.

PowerProtect DP series appliance: Simple, efficient and agile data protection

The DP series is an all-in-one backup appliance that reduces the complexity of managing multiple data silos, point solutions and vendor relationships. The DP series simplifies deployment and management—while delivering powerful, enterprise-grade data protection capabilities for small, mid-size and enterprise organizations at a low cost-to-protect.

It is an integrated solution that offers complete backup, replication, recovery, deduplication, instant access and restore, search & analytics, seamless VMware integration — plus, cloud readiness with disaster recovery (DR) and long-term retention (LTR) to the cloud — all in a single appliance.

With the DP series, customers reduce their time-to-protect and become more agile with a solution that’s fast, protected more efficiently, can be recovered quickly and is reliable.

Simple to deploy, scale and manage

The DP series enables organizations to protect a broad ecosystem of applications quickly with a single system management console, consolidating workload protection, and eliminating infrastructure or data sprawl. The easy-to-use System Manager simplifies backups and automates daily tasks, including monitoring, management, reporting, analytics and search. The DP series delivers all-in-one data protection: protection storage and software, search and advanced monitoring and analytics, combined with cloud extensibility. It offers integration with VMware, SQL and Oracle management tools so that admins can use familiar UIs.

Powerful cloud, performance and efficiency

The DP series can scale to fit the needs of enterprises with the ability to protect up to 195 PB (logical) of data to the public, private or hybrid clouds with Cloud Tier, with no additional hardware.7 Plus, native Cloud DR with end-to-end orchestration allows enterprises to copy backed-up VMs from on-premises DP series environments to the public cloud with AWS, Azure, or VMware Cloud on AWS —3 clicks to failover and 2 clicks to failback.

The DP series provides support for modern applications like MongoDB and MySQL and is optimized for VMware. It provides fast, single-step recovery of individual files, dynamic policies for VMs as well as complete VMware images, which can be instantly accessed and migrated live from the DP series appliance back to the production environment (using vMotion) while still running, further simplifying and optimizing VM recovery. Plus, instantly access up to 64 VMs with up to 60,000 IOPS to meet the strictest SLAs.

Data protection search simplifies file-level-recovery (FLR) activities with an easy-to-use search interface. The DP series is also built on the industry-proven Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA), for encryption, fault detection, and healing.

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